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Title: A Man Called Intrepid: The Secret War by William Stevenson ISBN: 158574154X Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.18
Rating: 2
Summary: Horribly written book on topic of major importance
Comment: As for content and significance of the topic, I join with the other reviewers who gave this history of Allied intelligence operations in World War II a five-star rating. The facts adduced by the book present a powerful argument that the combined efforts of the American and British intelligence agencies proved to be the winning factor in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
However, William Stephenson is, simply put, one of the worst writers I have every encountered. It is not that he utilizes poor grammar, makes irrational statements or lacks knowledge of the subject matter - none of those sorts of criticisms are accurate. Instead, he utilizes a very eccentric, verbose, upper crust British style of writing that is simultanously formal, yet is very conversational in a fashion that manages to be extremely tedious to read. Stephenson drifts off on tangents very frequenly and makes many, many offhand references to people or organizations that he either hasn't mentioned previously or last discussed fifty pages earlier, making full comprehension of his assertions difficult and time consuming. It was truly a chore to wade through the stylistic muck of this book written by an author who had no idea of the meaning of the word concise.
Ultimately, I recommend this book to historians, amateur or academic, based solely on the significance of its substance. Readers contemplating this book should be prepared for a long and difficult struggle through sometimes numbingly disjointed prose. If only another writer had transcribed its contents, rather than Stephenson, I would have given this book five stars.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read for any intelligence enthusiasts
Comment: I first read the book in 1984 and have read it again recently. It sheds new light on many aspects of WWII inteligence and our role in the survival of England prior to entrance formally into the war. The roles that William Stephenson & Bill Donovan (OSS) played in the war is most interesting reading. British Intelligence's activity in the U.S. prior to our entrance did violate the Neutrality Act however the outcome of the war could have been dramaticly different if Roosevelt had takena isolationist approach.
Rating: 5
Summary: outstanding and thrilling story of espionage and the enigma
Comment: This book was given to my husband to read, and I picked it up and could not put it down. I would highly reccommend this book to anyone. Its a fascinating story of one man's influence in developing espionage during World War II - a network that ultimately prevented Hitler from developing the atomic bomb. It details how spies were trained and deployed and the incredible bravery and sacrifice of spies who parachuted into occupied Europe- even women. One of the most fascinating accounts in the book is the detailed story of the rescue (right under the noses of the Nazis) and transport to England by "moon plane" of a Norweignan physiscist who held the key to the development of the bomb. I am buying this as a gift for several friends and my father.
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Title: The True Intrepid: Sir William Stephenson and the Unknown Agents by Bill MacDonald ISBN: 1551924188 Publisher: Raincoast Book Dist Ltd Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Intrepid's Last Case: The Super Spy Who Helped Take Down the Nazis Tackles the KGB by William Stevenson, Richard Heath Rohmer ISBN: 1585745219 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Double-Cross System: The Incredible True Story of How Nazi Spies Were Turned into Double Agents by J. C. Masterman, Norman Holmes Pearson ISBN: 1585741302 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Wild Bill and Intrepid: Donovan, Stephenson, and the Origin of CIA by Thomas F. Troy ISBN: 0300065639 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Enigma: The Battle for the Code by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore ISBN: 0471407380 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 05 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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